Olean Common Council Elects New Leader

By Newsroom

The Olean Common Council has a new leader.
John Crawford was elected head of the council during Tuesday’s reorganizational meeting.
All seven members of the council voted for Crawford, who is in the second year of his first term in office.
Crawford called his new position on the council an extremely humbling experience.
Crawford was elected in 2016. Crawford says he’s a fiscal conservative.
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